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selector-max-combinators

Limit the number of combinators in a selector.

  a > b + c ~ d e { color: pink; }/** โ†‘   โ†‘   โ†‘  โ†‘ * These are combinators */

This rule resolves nested selectors before counting the number of combinators selectors. Each selector in a selector list is evaluated separately.

Options#

int: Maximum combinators selectors allowed.

For example, with 2:

The following patterns are considered problems:

a b ~ c + d {}
a b ~ c {  & > d {}}
a b {  & ~ c {    & + d {}  }}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {}
a b {}
a b ~ c {}
a b {  & ~ c {}}
/* each selector in a selector list is evaluated separately */a b,c > d {}